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AAU - Assigned Amount Units AEEI - Autonomous Energy Efficiency Improvement CCS - Carbon Capture and Storage CDM - Clean Development Mechanism CER - Certified Emission Reduction CO2 - Carbon Dioxide CO2-e - Carbon Dioxide Equivalent, based on the Global Warming Potential COAG - Council of Australian Governments CRC - Cooperative Research Centre CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation EC - Emission Credits EUA - Emission Allowance Units in the EU ETS ERU - Emission Reductions Units EU ETS - EU Emissions Trading Scheme GHG - Greenhouse Gas GJ - Gigajoule GST - Goods and Services Tax IEA - International Energy Agency IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change JI - Joint Implementation LNG - Liquefied Natural Gas MRET - Mandatory Renewable Energy Target Mt - Million tonnes mtpa - Million tonnes per annum MWh - Megawatt hour NETS - National Emission Trading Scheme OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development PJ - Petajoules ppm - Parts per million R&D - Research and Development UN - United Nations UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change VER - Verified Emission Reductions respectively Voluntary Emission Reductions WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development |